Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-25
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
PLAIN TALK TO GIRLS.

PLAIN TALK TO GIRLS.
Soms Advice Worth HeediaG-A Practical
Talk from Bis-Heazted Practical
Woman.
They 20 t. bed at night and fall into
astupor. why not? Is there one breath
Of fresh air in their sleeping box? Do
the- ever. except in the heat of sum-
mcr, have so much as a crack of the
window open? If there is fireplace
I'm their room or stove-pipe hole.
don't they close them up as tightly as
they can? No wonder it is SO hard to
wake up in the morning. l can hear
chem gloan and moan and yearn and
scold now, 1T the imperative summons
70 get up. And what do they find on
the breakfast table? Sweet fried cakes.
something in the shape of meat, gen.
orally fried. potato either fried or
etewed. hot coffee, and probably grid
die cakes" fried. of course. Now l
am not going on crusade against the
frTng-pan, for it has its uses; but
when see girl sit down at the break
fast table with dull eyes. a sallow face.
a istless manner, and pIoceed to make
that early meal of strong coffee. sweet
ened cakes. fried pork and potatoes.
with sequence of griddle cakes liber-
ally buttercd and drowned in molasses,
feel like shutting her up for weeks
starvation On bread and water.
Then there is dinner; tough meat,
baked vegetables. pie, any kind of a
pie with crust either tough or sandy,
tasting strongly Of lard and filled with
tho alings most convenient. A favor
ite pie in our country homes is con-
structed of sliced lemon, -four and mo-
lasses. baked into mass as unfit for
the human stomach as a stewed rubber
overshoe.
Tea time brings cakes of various
sorts. probably more pie. cheese, fruit
preserved and SO ill-done it is fer
mel. ed. or canned fruit, which is com-
Paratively harmless. strong tea and
hot biscuit. Repasts fit for
"A cassowary,
On the plains of Timbuc:oo"
Then to begin the day again. After
breakfast they run upstairs. spread up
their bed with all the exhalations of
their bodies during the night still i'm
frisoned in it; they perhaps sweep the
floor and dust the furniture; then they
go downstairs and sew a little, OF prac-
tice half all hour if they are SO un-
fortunate as to own cheap piano or
parlOr organ. 1t is possible that they
make some cake if it is needed; they
dawdlc great deal, read little and
then it is dinner-time; and they sit
down to dinner rs they did to break
fast, in an easy old gown. perhaps a
wrapper; their front hair wrung into
tight knots about crimping -pins. their
back hair in dusty knot.
Dinner over. they go up to their
rooms again to dress for the afternoon.
They lace up their corscts tighter. put
on boots with heels two inches high,
twist their hair into an unnatural fluff
which covers their fOrchcads and gives
them tho aspect of Skye terrier. put
on n dress which is SO swell fitting"
that they can not raise their arms to
Eheir heads in it, and so out to walk
:srd1 see what they can see. After tea
anosaer girl comes in and they giggle
and whisper together for while. and
then 60 out together. perhaps with a
young man. to some third-class show,
or to n ball. or a drive. They have
Eatch-kcys and come home when they
:gt ready. slip into their unaired bods
nfScV hanging the dresses they have
worn eight or ten hours in that tight
SMUT closet. and repeat the experience
of the night before.
Now they have sown the seed.
'.What will the harvest be?"
Fust-If it is winter. a heavy cold;
Che misused lungs forced to breathe
ever and over again air that has no
vitality in it. air that is absolutely nox-
ious. become congested more or less.
and they begin to cough and sneeze.
If they have scrofula hidden in their
constitutions-and how few people
have not-the harvest of this plant
ing will he bronchitis or consumption.
The next crop is dyspepsia; they
put into Nhat delicate organ, the
buman stomach. already disguised by
the hard labor of its Text neighbor,
the lungs. and weakened by the slow
circulation of Initiated blood. vitiated
by the bad air. q mass of indigestible
stuff that they call food; at first they
do not notice any special effect, they
are young and strong and can bear a
good deal of physical misfortune
withou. much trouble. but after a
time food begins to distress them. life
gets very tiresome. they have acid
tastes in their mouths. heartburn.
5latulcncc. Yes. know these are un-
pheasant things to talk of. but they are
- great deal more unpleasant to have.
Then they lose their rest. their APP
petite. strength. courage. cheerful
sleSS
This is a bad crop; it realizes the
a,rimeyat curse. "Thorns and briers